As part of yesterday’s Mario Day celebration, Nintendo announced release dates for two titles featuring Mario and friends, three classic Game Boy games that will soon be available to Nintendo Switch Online members, plus an announcement regarding a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: On May 23, travel alongside Mario and his irrepressible companions through a paper world as you unlock the mystery of the Thousand-Year Door. The witty and whimsical RPG arrives on the Nintendo Switch system twenty years after its original debut on Nintendo GameCube. This revamped version features enhanced graphics as well as new gameplay features.

Pre-orders are now available on the Nintendo eShop and on Nintendo.com.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD: Help Luigi retrieve the missing shards of the Dark Moon scattered across several distinct haunted mansions – each with their own puzzles to solve and ghosts to capture. On June 27, use your superpowered ghost-hunting tool, the Poltergust 5000, to suck up ghosts (and window curtains) and blow air to search every nook and cranny of the chilling-yet-charming mansions. The spooky fun adventure Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, originally released for the Nintendo 3DS™ system as “Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon,” arrives in visually enhanced HD on the Nintendo Switch system.

Pre-orders are now available on the Nintendo eShop and on Nintendo.com.

Three Classic Game Boy Games Featuring Mario Coming to Nintendo Switch Online: On March 12, three classic games featuring Mario make the leap onto Nintendo Switch, available to play as part of the Game Boy – Nintendo Switch Online library:

• Dr. Mario – The classic puzzle challenge where you’ll throw multi-shaded vitamin capsules into a bottle filled with nasty viruses. Move, shift or spin the capsules as they fall to make the viruses disappear.
• Mario Golf –  Four Club Champs stand in your way, as you race to become the Grand Champion of golf. You’ll have to defeat them all to get a shot at playing the most famous golfer in the land!
• Mario Tennis – Develop from a rookie to a seasoned pro by honing your skills in four fun-packed game modes. Practice at the Royal Tennis Academy, take on the Mario Tour and keep your skills sharp through a series of challenging minigames.

LEGO unveiled a thrilling teaser of what’s next in the pipeline within the LEGO Super Mario universe as Mario Kart will be coming to LEGO Super Mario in the future. S

Plus so much more! Visit Mario.Nintendo.com to see what other fun Mario activities Nintendo has planned for this month.

Shigeru Miyamoto made a surprise appearance in the video to announce that Nintendo is working together with Illumination on a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. The film will arrive on April 3, 2026, in the US and many other markets globally, with a few selected territories releasing throughout the month of April.